Started using old 100W PV panels to charge lead-acid 12v leisure batteries

These have been gathering dust in the shed for the last year.





So will see if they will still take a charge. The two 100W panels and epever charge controller were recently recovered from being leant to the Shannon Tidy Towns 40' Container.

Based on an Epever LS2024B
https://shop.thesunpays.co.za/products/epever-ls2024b-solar-charge-controller-20a-pwm

And monitored using a Blynk code on a NodeMCU.(A version can be found on my laptop under 
Tracer-RS485-Modbus-Blynk-V2.ino as not yet shared to Github)





The charging is monitored here..



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